Necktie attachment.



T. J. BLAGG. NECKTIE ATTACHMENT. APPLIQATION FILED MAY 1, 1913.

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NECKTIE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed May 1, 1913. Serial No. 764,963.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Trroaus J. Briana, citizen of the United States, residing at Boise, in the county of Ada and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in necktie attachments.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an attachment for ties which are made-up, that is, tied into a bow or in four-in-hand style, and then stitched or otherwise secured together to maintain them into shapes in which they have been fashioned, which will facilitate the positioninrr of the tie on the collar.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment of this character which may be secured to the tie without disfiguring the same or rendering it cumbersome or detracting from its appearance.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the tie may be supported on a collar button, and the wings which constitute part of the same conveniently disposed beneath the fold of the turned-down collars.

Another object of the invention is to provide a structure in which the tie will be supported close to the collar and prevented from being accidentally displaced.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a view showing the device supported on the plate which forms a part of the usual form of made-up tie; Fig. 2 is a View showing the device attached to a collar, the tie being indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is an edge view of the plates which constitute the attaching means; Fig. 4 is a view showing a modified form of attaching means; and Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the form shown in Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

In the drawing, 10 designates the plate which is secured to the tie, said plate consisting of the body portion 11 and the curved wings 12. These wings conform to the curvature of the collar and are disposed to be inserted beneath the fold thereof. A plate 13 is secured to the plate 10, said plate 13 consisting of the body portion 14 which is secured at 15 to the plate 10, the plate 13 at the point where it is secured to the plate 10 being bent inwardly. This plate 13 is bifurcated, the bifurcations 13 extending at an angle with respect to the plate and on both sides of the opening 18 which, when the device is placed on a collar, receives the head of the collar button.

A link 16 is pivotally mounted on the lower terminal of the plate 13, said link at its free terminal being formed with a slot 17 which decreases in diameter adjacent the terminal of the link whereby the head of the button may be inserted and its shank brought within the reduced portion of the slot.

In assembling the device on a collar of the turned-down pattern, the link 16 is rotated and the head of the button 19 inserted within the enlarged portion of the slot 17. The plate is then drawn downward until the shank of the button enters the reduced portion of said slot. The tie is then rotated on the plate 16, and one of the wings 12 inserted beneath the fold 20 of the collar, the wing assuming a position adjacent the lower edge of the fold. The tie is then again rotated in the reverse direction to brin the other wing beneath the other edge of the fold. WVhen both wings have been positioned beneath the fold, the tie is pressed inwardly, the head of the button being received by the opening 18 in the plate 10.

The many advantages of a construction of this character will be clearly apparent, as it will be noted that the tie may be positioned on a collar and the wings disposed beneath the fold thereof without either disarranging the folds of the tie or bending the fold of the collar, it being seen that the tie is held securely on the collar and in contact with the neck-band of the same. It will also be obvious that the tie may be readily removed without in any way disarranging the collar and without the hands of the wearer coming in contact with the same.

In the form shown in Fig. the securingmeans consists of the member 21 which is formed of a single strand of wire, the terminals of which are received by the rolled edges of a plate 22. The strand is bent to provide the diverging extensions 23 which are secured to the plate 10 in the same mannor as the diverging bifurcations of the plate 18. The strand is depressed at the points 24, whereby the securing means which fasten the device to the plate may lie in a plane below the body portion of the strand. The member which is pivotally mounted on the plate 22 consists of a strand bent upon itself, its terminals being received by the rolled edges of the plate 26, the plates 22 and 26 being pivotally connected. The parallel portions of the strand from which the member 25 is formed are spaced to receive the head of the button, the space between said portions being reduced adjacent the free terminal of the member to receive the shank of the button.

It will be noted that this construction may be easily and economically manufactured, and while sufficiently strong it is light and may be conveniently supported on the tie.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a plate formed with curved lateral extensions, said plate being adapted to be secured to a neck-tie and provided with an opening which is adapted to receive the securing device of the collar, a plate secured to the firstmentioned plate, an arm rotatably connected posed t move in a plane parallel to that of the arm whereby the extensions of the firstmentioned plate may assume a position beneath the folds of a collar.

2. A device of the class described consisting of a plate adapted to be secured to a neck-tie, said plate being formed with curved extensions, and with an opening adapted to receive the securing device for the collar, a second plate secured to the first-mentioned plate and adapted to extend longitudinally of the tie, the end of said second-mentioned plate which is secured to the first-mentioned plate being bifurcated, the bifurcations extending on both sides of the opening formed in said first-mentioned plate, an arm rotatably mounted on the second-mentioned plate, the terminal of said arm remote from said plate being provided with a slot which is adapted to receive the securing device for the collar, the second-mentioned plate being adapted to be rotated with respect to the arm whereby the curved extensions of the firstmentioned plate may be disposed beneath the folds of the collar.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. BLAGG.

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